próba szerencse

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • próba-szerencse (nonstandard but fairly common, especially in attributive role)

Etymology

próba (trial, attempt) +‎ szerencse (luck), literally: “trial―luck”, that is, a trial might as well end up in a lucky outcome.

Pronunciation

Phrase

próba szerencse

  1. (idiomatic) hit-or-miss, trial and error

Usage notes

It is often used in the phrase próba szerencse alapon (by the token of, on the basis of, or as a matter of hit or miss). Other phrases where it can occur attributively are formed with megközelítés (approach), tanulás (learning), and viselkedés (behavior).

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Further reading

  • Under the first sense at próba in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • próba szerencse (language advice given at E-nyelv.hu), with the following references:
    • Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006) Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN
    • an earlier edition of Tóth, Etelka, editor (2017), Magyar helyesírási szótár: A magyar helyesírás szabályai tizenkettedik kiadása szerint [Dictionary of Hungarian orthography: according to the 12th edition of the Rules of Hungarian orthography], Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN. Online version
    • próba in an earlier edition of Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)